Edward Hopper biography, Kvareli Foundation in Georgia, Marisa Merz in Turin
As a biography of Edward Hopper is published, containing a wealth of new material, Ben Luke speaks to its author Louis Shadwick about his qu...
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20 of 397 episodesArt Basel Paris opens and closes amid protests, Latin American culture wars, a Chinese celestial map
As protests engulf Paris, the Art Basel fair opened this week in the French capital and then it was announced that the fair would conclude o...
Frieze in London, Tarek Atoui at Tate Modern, Sienese sculptor Francesco di Giorgio
It’s Frieze week in London, and as usual we take the opportunity to take the temperature of the market in London, and more widely, at the fa...
Palestinian artists after the ceasefire, Robert Ryman, Katherine Hubbard
Saturday, 10 October, marks the first anniversary of the ceasefire in Gaza. It has not put an end to the bloodshed, with figures released in...
Renoir and Love in London, political storm around Kanal in Brussels, Ronald Moody
The French painter Auguste Renoir continues to divide critical opinion, something acknowledged by the curators of the new exhibition, Renoir...
Cezanne in Paris, Taryn Simon in New York, Magritte in London
At the Grand Palais in Paris a new exhibition explores Paul Cezanne’s influence on artists from his own time to now. In Paris, Ben Luke spea...
Giotto restored in Florence, Biennale de Lyon, Remedios Varo
After a four-year restoration, the Bardi Chapel in the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence, in which Giotto depicted scenes from the life of...
The Bayeux Tapestry, damaged heritage in Iran, Tschabalala Self’s Trafalgar Square sculpture
It is one of the museum events of the century so far: the Bayeux Tapestry has been lent from its dedicated museum in Bayeux in Normandy, Fra...
What did you miss? Summer art world news and what’s coming up
In this first episode of the autumn season, we are focusing on the news you might have missed in a busy couple of months in the art world in...
Frida Kahlo at Tate Modern, the Brexit effect, a Renaissance tarot deck
This last episode of the current season begins with Frida Kahlo. Tate Modern in London this week opened Frida: The Making of an Icon, an exh...
Art Basel in Basel, Pierre Huyghe interview, James Turrell
Kabir Jhala, The Art Newspaper’s art market editor, joins Ben Luke to discuss this year’s Art Basel, the big sales and the wider mood music....
Pan-Africanism in London, the health benefits of art, Barbara Hepworth
The exhibition Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica began its life at the Art Institute of Chicago before travelling to...
Yemen heritage, US flags at the National Gallery in Washington, Felix Gonzalez-Torres
After years of civil war and continuity violence, Yemen’s heritage has suffered hugely, with buildings damaged across the country and antiqu...
Smithsonian Women’s Museum chaos, Oliver Beer and Rufus Wainwright, Jasper Johns in Bilbao
The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. has faced unprecedented scrutiny and government interference since President Trump came to p...
New York auctions, James McNeill Whistler at Tate Britain, Edvard Munch
This season’s much anticipated auctions in New York have brought some records and eye-popping prices, including for works by Jackson Pollock...
Frieze New York, the Cranach in Hitler’s Munich apartment, Ajamu X
The latest edition of Frieze New York is open now and we hear all about this year’s fair from The Art Newspaper’s editor-in-chief in the Ame...
Venice Biennale Special 2026
It’s Venice Biennale opening week and so, as ever, this episode is our Venice special. The Biennale comprises many aspects: an international...
Zurbarán in London, the Carnegie International, Walter Sickert’s Ennui
The largest career survey of the great 17th-century Spanish master Francisco de Zurbarán since the 1980s opens this weekend at the National...
Chernobyl 40 years on, Paula Rego at Munch in Oslo, Gluck’s flower painting
This Sunday, 26 April, marks the 40th anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in Soviet Ukraine. It is the most serious...
Museum openings: V&A East and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Plus, William Blake in Dublin
Two museum openings feature on this week’s podcast—V&A East in London and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In our 300th episode in 2024...